Watson Smith, in the Norfolk Packet; the second, or Blue, of seven vessels, commanded by Lieutenant Queen, in the T. A. Ward; and the third, or White, of seven vessels, commanded by Lieutenant Breese, in the Horace Beales. The names of the mortar-vessels were: Norfolk Packet, Oliver H. Lee, Para, C. P. Williams, Orletta, William Bacon, T. A. Ward, Sidney C. Jones, Matthew Vassar, Jr., Maria J. Carlton, Orvetta, Adolphe Hugel, George Mangham, Horace Beales, John Griffith, Sarah Bruin, Racer, Sea Foam, Henry James, Dan Smith, accompanied by the steamer Harriet Lane, 4 (Porter's flag-ship), and the gun-boat Owasco, Lieutenant Guest, 5.
Some were only armed tugs, intended for the purpose of towing the mortar-schooners into position. were in the river, and Butler, with about nine thousand troops,
Butler's troops, borne on five transports, consisted of the following regiments: On the Mississippi, the Commanding General and the Twenty-sixth Massachusetts, Colonel Jones; Thirty-first Massa
1863 Commodore Perry, Delaware, Hetzel, Louisiana, Valley City, Underwriter, Ceres, H. Brinker, Morse, Whitehead, Shawsheen, Lockwood, J. N. Seymour, General Putnam.
Sloop New Eagle 8,008 50 1,196 48 6,812 02 do Jan. 27, 1863 Matthew Vassar, Sea Foam.
Ship North Carolina 10,850 00 6,753 74 4,096 26 do Nov. 20, 1863 Quaker City
Sloop Neptune, cargo of 15,669 17 1,464 95 14,204 22 do Dec. 26, 1863 Housatonic, New Ironsides.
Steamer Nicholai 1st 33,226 88 4,848 94 28,377 94 do Nov. 25, Shark 4,811 44 1,253 22 3,558 22 do Jan. 14, 1863 South Carolina.
Schooner Soledad Cos 3,974 63 750 78 3,223 85 do Feb. 17, 1863 South Carolina, Sam Houston.
Sloop Sarah $7,382 41 $1,243 75 $6,138 66 New York Jan. 27, 1863 Matthew Vassar, Sea Foam.
Steamer Scotia 104,536 60 10,939 98 93,596 62 do Nov. 5, 1863 Restless.
Steamer Sunbeam 74,966 74 15,511 59 59,455 15 do Nov. 20, 1863 State of Georgia, Mystic.
Schooner Sue 10,062 20 1,716 13 8,346 07 do Nov. 25, 1863 Monticello.
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Jan. 21, 1864.Actg. Ensign.
June 28, 1865.Actg. Master.
O'Connor, Peter,
Credit. West Boylston.Ireland.Mass.Mass.Nov. 19, 1861.Actg. Master's Mate.Huron; Sea Foam.No.
Atlantic; W. Gulf.Mar. 4, 1866.Hon. discharged.Actg. Ensign.
Mar. 15, 1864.Actg. Ensign.
Odiorne, Levi L.,
Credit, Colrain.Mass.Mass.Mass.Oct. 15, 18631864.Actg.
Vol. Lieut.Yantic.North Atlantic.
Weston, Charles P.,
Credit, West Roxbury.Mass.Mass.Mass.Feb. 17, 1863.Actg. Master's Mate.Water Witch; Nipsic.
Sea Foam.South Atlantic. West Gulf.July 2, 1865.Resigned.Mate.
Weston, Daniel,
See enlistment, June 9, 1864.
Drafted. Credit, Boston, Ward 12.Mass.Mass.Mass.July 7, 2.Actg. Master's Mate.Katahdin; Potomac.West Gulf.Oct. 4, 1866.Hon. discharged.Actg. Master's Mate.
Whiting, Charles G.,Mass.Mass.Mass.Aug. 5, 1864.Actg. Ensign.Sea Foam.West Gulf.Jan. 22, 1866.Hon. discharged.Actg. Ensign.
Whiting, William D.,
In service prior to 1861.
See Navy Register.Mass.Mass.Mass.—--, 1861.Lieutenant.O